Imperial Drag | ||||
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Released | May 7, 1996 | |||
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Length | 57:25 | |||
Label | Work | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
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Rolling Stone | [3] |
Imperial Drag is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band Imperial Drag, released on May 7, 1996, by Work.
The album was supported with a single and music video for the song, “Boy or a Girl” (which reached No. 30 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts and No. 54 on the UK Singles Chart), [4] [5] [6] alongside a promotional single for the song, “Spyder”. [7]
Imperial Drag was the only studio album released by the group. A collection of demos (titled Demos ) would be released in 2005 through the (now defunct) Weedshare music distribution service. [8] [9]
All songs written by Eric Dover and Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
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